Your daily distraction 4/13/15 | Family dynamics

The backstory on the relaunch of A Wooden Nickel: I read so very many articles on the interwebs and want to start a daily link share. Today's posts all revolved around parenting (and frankly, some family dysfunction) so I went with it. In the future, I think it'll just be a collection of unrelated...

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Remembering Paul Robert Delmore | 1952 - 2014

My very beloved uncle Paul passed away just over one year ago, and I think of him constantly. I was honored to give his eulogy last year and have been asked several times for a copy. While I certainly don't mind sending hard copies around, I'm also posting it here for posterity. Paul Robert DelmoreApril...

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On Howard Dean, the European Paper Crisis, and how I came to care about politics

I still remember when I fell head over heels for politics. It was my senior year of high school, on the day after the 2004 Iowa Caucus. As the bell rang to start class, our Giddy Civics Teacher exclaimed...

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Why we don't have a house

Jeff and I are pretty typical Gen Y-ers, which is to say we sometimes put a skewed value on goods and services. Ten dollars a month for an unlimited Spotify account? Preposterous! Two lattes in one week, totaling more than that unlimited music account? Totally worth it. Once, after I bought a stupid...

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Red curry

One of my truest, purest loves is Thai-style red curry. I'm not sure if I have an authentic palate or not, but I do know that I have a lot of opinions about this particular sauce and how it should be served. So far, I haven't found anything in the Bay Area that lives up to my (High? American? Terrible?)...

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Snakes on a Train

I'm a newcomer to public transport, but I'm making slow strides with my new pal BART (Bay Area Rapid Transport) and the characters I come across on the train. Jeff and I live in a very nice neighborhood,...

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Uncertain

I've been trying to come up with the perfect blog post to show you what a perfect life it is here in Berkeley, California. Because as you know, I now live in Berkeley, California. Of course, no blog post can be perfect and no life can be perfect. But life can be really good, and that's how it is right...

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